Kenwood's Trent McLaurin shoots against Hendersonville's Braden White during the Region 5-AAA Tournament game at Kenwood two month ago.

Written by

James D. Horne
For The Leaf-Chronicle

Trent McLaurin is following a family tradition and will also realize a dream when he steps on the Bryan College basketball court for the first time next fall.

The Kenwood senior forward's parents, father Trent and mother, Shona, met and played college basketball at William Carey University in Hattiesburg, Miss.

"My family has always been the hard-nosed, get-in-the-paint type players and I tried to play the same during my high school career," said McLaurin, who signed with Bryan on Wednesday during Spring Break and had his ceremony at Kenwood on Friday. "Hopefully in college I'll be able to ...